CVE-2009-1136
What it is
The Microsoft Office Web Components Spreadsheet ActiveX control (aka OWC10 or OWC11), as distributed in Office XP SP3 and Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 Gold and SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006, when used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted call to the msDataSourceObject method, as exploited in the wild in July and August 2009, aka "Office Web Components HTML Script Vulnerability."
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 62.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 62.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.3 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
- It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 62.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-94 · Code injection
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Isa Server 2004
- Microsoft Isa Server 2006
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft Office Web Components 2003
- Microsoft Office Web Components Xp
- Microsoft Office Xp sp3
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 9.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2009-1136.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2009-1136. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/07/13/more-information-about-the-office-web-components-activex-vulnerability.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
- http://trac.metasploit.com/browser/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/owc_spreadsheet_msdso.rb
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- http://xeye.us/blog/2009/07/one-0day/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5809
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/07/13/more-information-about-the-office-web-components-activex-vulnerability.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
- http://trac.metasploit.com/browser/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/owc_spreadsheet_msdso.rb
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- http://xeye.us/blog/2009/07/one-0day/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5809